Word: gaudier
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Classical Perspective. From the Mediterranean, paradise of diggers, came news of gaudier digs. At the site of ancient Stabiae, near Naples, Professor Libero D'Orsi was impatiently watching a field of ripening tomatoes, the property of Peasant Vincenzo Tammaro. Under the tomatoes, he was sure, lay riches of classical art. But the peasant had the professor neatly trussed in red tape. He could not sink a spade until the tomatoes were safely in the sauce factory...
Hamburg's opera is superb; its concert stage draws top musicians from all Europe. Night life is gaudier than anywhere north of Paris. The current stage hit, The Czardas Princess, 1950, a fast-paced musical, pokes fun at the Bonn government and the Allied High Commission for Germany (HICOG...